Issued: September 4th, 2019
Last Updated: September 4th, 2019
CA Technologies, A Broadcom Company, is alerting customers to a
potential risk with CA Common Services in the Distributed
Intelligence Architecture (DIA) component. A vulnerability exists,
CVE-2019-13656, that can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary
code. CA published solutions to address the vulnerabilities and
recommends that all affected customers implement these solutions
immediately.
Risk Rating
High
Platform(s)
All supported platforms
Affected Products
CA Common Components DIA
CA Technologies products that bundle this software include:
CA Client Automation 14 and later versions
CA Workload Automation AE 11.3.5 and 11.3.6
How to determine if the installation is affected
Customers should review the Solution section to determine whether the
fix is present.
CA Workload Automation Autosys:
The Distributed Intelligence Architecture (DIA) that installs with
the 11.3.5 and 11.3.6 C3 DVD is vulnerable.
Solution
CA published the following solutions to address the vulnerabilities.
Fixes are available on the CA support site.
CA Client Automation:
Windows
Solution: SO09605
Linux
Solution: SO09633
CA Workload Automation Autosys:
The following are the fixes published by the Workload Automation
Autosys Product team for the vulnerability CVE-2019-13656 reported
against Distributed Intelligence Architecture (DIA) shipped with C3
DVD.
Windows
Solution: SO09111
Linux
Solution: SO09057
HP-UX
Solution: SO09086
Solaris
Solution: SO09084
AIX
Solution: SO09085
Patch Validation
The script applypatch.bat for Windows and applypatch.sh for Linux and
Unix platforms when run should not produce any errors in its console
output. The script starts the NSM services at the end of the patch
application process. A successful patch application is manifested in
the form of all services coming up successfully.
References
CVE-2019-13656 - Ca Common Services remote code execution
Acknowledgement
CVE-2019-13656 - Fredrik Ravne, Oslo Boers
Change History
Version 1.0: Initial Release
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Security Notices, PGP key, and disclosure policy and guidance
www.ca.com/us/support/ca-support-online/documents.aspx?id=177782
Kevin Kotas
CA Product Security Incident Response Team
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